Xuzhou Municipal Government

05/25/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/25/2023 00:55

Suzhou: a museum city

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A number of activities have been held in Jiangsu Province for the International Museum Day which is celebrated on May 18 every year. This year's International Museum Day theme event set its main venue at the Nanjing Museum and sub-venues in other cities across the province. The sub-venue activity in Suzhou was held on May 18 at the Suzhou Bay Museum in Wujiang District.

The theme of the International Museum Day this year was "Museums, Sustainability and Wellbeing". The museums in Suzhou hosted a series of themed activities such as exhibitions, museum tours, lectures, and forums. The sub-venue activity in Suzhou was sponsored by Suzhou Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau and the Wujiang District People's Government and undertaken by Wujiang District Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau and the Suzhou Bay Museum. The achievements made by Suzhou in building a "museum city" were released at the event.

The number of museums in Suzhou City has reached 110. If you visit one museum per weekend, it will take you more than two years to pay visits to all the museums. The Suzhou Museum was on the list of the 13 museums which were rated as excellent in a recent evaluation of 127 first-class museums across the country.

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